Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Power Rangers
Chapter 2: Evil Returns
"Tommy!" yelled a voice. "Tommy! Help me!" Tommy watched as Kimberly, the original Pink Ranger, got trapped in a jar held by a samurai monster. "Hold on Kimberly!" Tommy yelled back but passed out a moment later. "Aaargh!" Tommy woke up in cold sweat to see Dawn looking surprised at his scream.
"Hey, I was trying to wake you up." she said sitting by his feet. "Bad dream?"
"Yeah. I've had worse." said Tommy rubbing his eyes. "What time is it?" he checked his watch. 6:45. "Oh, man. I'm a little hungry." He and Dawn went to the kitchen to see Joyce making breakfast. "Morning, Mrs. Summers."
"Morning, Tommy. I heard you scream." said Joyce looking worried. "You okay?" Tommy nodded. "Ah, bad dream. I get it." Buffy ran into the kitchen holding a stake and eyes darting around the house. "Bad, dream, Buffy. That's all."
"Oh, thank God." said Buffy pocketing the stake. "I thought a demon attacked him." She pulled up a chair and sat down. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"It's just an old memory from my high school days." he told her. "Kimberly had a bad day that started out with her dreaming that Rita Repulsa was her stepmother and it got worse throughout the day. I walked her home through the park and we got attacked by a samurai monster. She got captured and I got injured."
"Yep, bad dream." said Buffy. "Dawn, school time. Mom, doctor in two hours." Joyce glared and finished her coffee while popping her medication. Tommy checked his laptop computer and found that the evil energy levels were unnaturally high. He popped up a map of California and saw a red pulsating ring on top of Sunnydale. "That's not good." he said to himself. "Buffy, you've got to see this." Buffy ran to him and looked at the screen. "That's a lot of evil energy in one place. I only saw that once before."
"Well, at least we know where it's coming from," she said. "Can you zoom in to find out what building it's coming from?" Tommy pressed a couple of keys and the map zoomed into a citywide view. "Okay, it's coming from Spike's hideout." Tommy clicked another window and a video image of a young woman named Haley appeared.
"Tommy, the energy levels in Sunnydale are off the charts. What's going on?" she said worriedly. "I think I may have found something that could get your attention."
"Look, we found some evil and it's probably big. Something to do with a vampire named Spike. Did he do anything that might have to do with all of this?"
"Yes, he summoned an old enemy of yours. Lord Zedd. Why he did, I'm not so sure." said Haley checking her files. "Spike summoned him last night." Buffy already figured out why the brainless vampire did it, but didn't want to bother them with the facts. She went to the phone and called her Watcher, Rupert Giles.
"Giles, we have a problem. An old enemy of Tommy's has been summoned by Spike to kill me. Since the brainless bloodsucker couldn't do it himself, he got someone else." she said nervously. Giles told her that he would be on his way and to wait there.
"Tommy, do you still have your White Ranger Morpher?" asked Haley. "I tapped into the Universal Morphing Grid and it's reenergized."
"Thanks, I'll use it." he looked at Dawn and Buffy. "If you can, send over the Pink and Yellow Morphers. I think I found our new Rangers."
Lord Zedd's Moon Palace was swarming with Putty Patrol, Tenga Warriors and a wide assortment of vampires and demons. Most of the demons Rita summoned with her own Summoning Spell. "With an army of demons, vampires and monsters from our creator, Finster, the Slayer and Tommy Oliver will be beyond destroyed." said Zedd. "We must waste no time. Spike hold still."
"What are you going to do?" asked the vampire with a smile. "Kill me?" Zedd answered with a zap from his staff. Red energy engulfed Spike until he was nearly glowing with the energy. "I don't feel any different."
"I gave you the power to fight the Slayer in the daylight. I'll do the same to the other vampires if you manage to at least injure her and Tommy Oliver." Zedd said. Spike cackled and departed for Earth.
"Okay thanks, Jason." Tommy said hanging up the phone. He called Jason and told him what happened. Jason said that he'd get Billy to come along and fight as the Blue Ranger once again. "Buffy, Dawn, Xander, come here." The three came over. Tommy gave them each a Power Morpher.
"What are these?" asked Xander curiously looking over the device. "What do they do?"
"They're Power Morphers. They transform you into Power Rangers. Xander, you'll be the Black Ranger. All you have to do is say 'Black Ranger Power' and you'll be transformed. Buffy, you'll take over the Pink Ranger's powers and Dawn will be the Yellow Ranger." Joyce wasn't happy hearing that Dawn would be fighting evil with them.
"No, she's not doing this." she said. "Buffy can, but Dawn's just nearly fifteen. She's too young to fight evil."
"Mom, how would it be if Dawn was the Slayer and I wasn't? " asked Buffy. "Dawn deserves to fight evil and I could use some help." Joyce finally agreed halfheartedly. Jason and Billy arrived dressed in their original colors. Jason wore a red T-shirt and a red bandana, while Billy wore a blue flannel shirt and blue jeans. "Wow." said Buffy with distaste. "Does that mean we'll have to wear pink and yellow from now on?" Nobody answered. "I'll take that as a yes."
"Okay, let's get going." said Tommy. "We'll pile in my Jeep and head out to find Spike and/or Goldar." They drove for almost a half hour and found Spike with a bunch of Putties. Found them. It's morphing time! White Ranger Power!"
"Black Ranger Power!" said Xander.
"Pink Ranger Power!" said Buffy.
"Blue Ranger Power!" said Billy.
"Yellow Ranger Power!" Dawn yelled.
"Red Ranger Power!" Rocky shouted. The six Power Rangers started to fight the Putty Patrol. After a while, it was down to Spike and he wasn't ready to fight a Power Ranger yet. He told them that he was going to leave, but he'd leave a parting gift for them. In his hand was a silver ball with soccer ball-like holes in it.
"Well, I hope my little friend here keeps you busy for a while," he said with a sick grin. "Silver Mantis, attack!" The ball glowed with a dark red light, and transformed into a six-foot silver praying mantis. "Have fun, Power Rangers." Buffy felt ready for the fight, though she knew that this new monster would probably murder them in seconds.
"Um, that's not good," said Dawn tilting her head. "Silver Mantis looks strong and he's taller than us!" Buffy nodded and got into a fighting stance. "How are we going to fight this?"
"Well, we could use our weapons and hope it works," suggested Billy. "It worked back then, so it might work now." The Rangers called on their weapons and fought the six-foot Silver Mantis. After nearly twenty minutes, the monster was getting wore down. Then the monster started to grow.
"We need Ninja Megazord power, now!" yelled Jason. Six robotic animals, ape, wolf, bear, frog, crane and falcon, arrived. "Let's go!" They all jumped into their cockpits and formed the Ninja Megazord.
"Buffy, why don't you do the honors?" asked Tommy. Buffy nodded and looked straight at the monster.
"Ninja Megazord Power Plunge!" she yelled thrusting her fist forward. The sword plunged into the monster's chest and it exploded. "Go Buffy! Go Buffy!" she chanted while the other Rangers cheered.